1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
Mkutano wote wa wana wa Israeli ukasafiri, kutoka bara ya Sini kwa safari zao, kama Bwana alivyowaagiza, wakatua Refidimu; napo hapakuwa na maji, watu wanywe.
2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
Kwa hiyo hao watu wakateta na Musa, wakasema, Tupe maji tunywe. Musa akawaambia, Kwani kuteta na mimi? Mbona mnamjaribu Bwana?
3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
Watu wakawa na kiu huko; nao wakamnung'unikia Musa, wakasema, Mbona umetupandisha kutoka Misri, kutuua sisi na watoto wetu na wanyama wetu kwa kiu?
4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
Musa akamlilia Bwana, akisema, Niwatendee nini watu hawa? Bado kidogo nao watanipiga kwa mawe.
5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.
Bwana akamwambia Musa, Pita mbele ya watu, ukawachukue baadhi ya wazee wa Israeli pamoja nawe; na ile fimbo yako ambayo uliupiga mto kwayo, uitwae mkononi mwako, ukaende.
6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Tazama, nitasimama mbele yako huko, juu ya lile jabali katika Horebu; nawe utalipiga jabali, na maji yatatoka, watu wapate kunywa. Musa akafanya hivyo mbele ya wazee wa Israeli.
7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
Akapaita mahali pale jina lake Masa, na Meriba; kwa sababu ya mateto ya wana wa Israeli, na kwa sababu walimjaribu Bwana, wakisema, Je! Bwana yu kati yetu au sivyo?
8 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
Wakati huo Waamaleki wakatokea, wakapigana na Israeli huko Refidimu.
9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
Musa akamwambia Yoshua, Tuchagulie watu, ukatoke upigane na Waamaleki; kesho nitasimama juu ya kilele kile, na ile fimbo ya Mungu nitakuwa nayo mkononi mwangu.
10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
Basi Yoshua akafanya kama Musa alivyomwambia, akapigana na Amaleki; na Musa na Haruni na Huri wakapanda juu ya kile kilima.
11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
Ikawa, Musa alipouinua mkono wake, Israeli walishinda; na alipoushusha mkono wake, Amaleki walishinda.
12 But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
Lakini mikono ya Musa ilikuwa mizito; basi wakatwaa jiwe, wakaliweka chini yake akalikalia. Haruni na Huri wakaitegemeza mikono yake, mmoja upande huu na mmoja upande huu; mikono yake ikathibitika hata jua lilipokuchwa.
13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
Yoshua akawaangamiza Amaleki na watu wake kwa ukali wa upanga.
14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
Bwana akamwambia Musa, Andika habari hii katika kitabu iwe ukumbusho, kisha ihubiri masikioni mwa Yoshua; ya kuwa nitaufuta ukumbusho wa Amaleki kabisa, usiwe tena chini ya mbingu.
15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi:
Musa akajenga madhabahu, akaiita jina lake Yehova-nisi;
16 for he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
akasema, Bwana ameapa; Bwana atakuwa na vita na Amaleki kizazi baada ya kizazi.
